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Creating well-being : four steps to a happier, healthier life / Pamela A. Hays, PhD.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2014]Description: vii, 221 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1433815737
  • 9781433815737 (paperback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Stepping onto the path of well-being -- Finding your path -- Tapping your hidden strengths -- Step two: understanding your stressors -- How stress hurts -- The mind-body connection -- Distinguishing internal from external sources of stress -- Step three: using thoughts to feel better -- Thought traps that can block your path -- Countering negative thinking -- Compassion voice -- Well-being boosters -- Step four: taking action -- The power of thought and action -- Create a healthy environment -- Learn and practice well-being behavior -- Assertiveness, conflict resolution, and other communication skills -- Social engagement, meaning, and purpose -- Self-care for staying on the happy, healthy path.
List(s) this item appears in: Self-Care September 2023
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 152.42 H425 Available slight water damage on top corner of pages near front of book. 8/3/17 aad 33111008109650
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Creating Well-Being presents scientifically-supported guidance for people who want to replace stress and painful emotions with a sense of well-being and contentment.

With empathy and unfailing good humor, Dr. Pamela Hays outlines a four-step process that has proven successful in her professional clinical psychology practice as well as in her own life. She invites readers to step onto the path of well-being by recognizing their stressors, avoiding negative thought-traps, re-examining their thinking, and taking action wherever possible, using environmental change, better communication skills, social support, and self-care.

Each chapter demonstrates how taking small, manageable steps adds up, over time, to real and permanent change. Packed with tips and tools for self-reflection and behavioral change, this book shows readers how to build well-being from the ground up.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stepping onto the path of well-being -- Finding your path -- Tapping your hidden strengths -- Step two: understanding your stressors -- How stress hurts -- The mind-body connection -- Distinguishing internal from external sources of stress -- Step three: using thoughts to feel better -- Thought traps that can block your path -- Countering negative thinking -- Compassion voice -- Well-being boosters -- Step four: taking action -- The power of thought and action -- Create a healthy environment -- Learn and practice well-being behavior -- Assertiveness, conflict resolution, and other communication skills -- Social engagement, meaning, and purpose -- Self-care for staying on the happy, healthy path.

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